Despite an excellent season where he scored 41 points in 29 games and had a very good WJC, Ryan Bourque dropped one spot from our previous rankings. I think that's more a testament of how good our prospects are than a reflection of any disappointment with his performance. I have hopes for him being another Ryan Callahan.
The vote to add a new name to the vote was:
1. G Cam Talbot: 11
2. LW Justin Soryal: 2
3. C Chad Kolarik: 2
4. LW Jason Wilson: 1
5. D Jyri Niemi: 1
6. G Scott Stajcer: 1
Don't forget to write-in who should be added in the next round. Also would be good to include a discussion/argument on why you voted for a particular prospect.
TOP PROSPECTS
1. C Derek Stepan
2. LW Chris Kreider
3. RW Mats Zuccarrello-Aasen
4. D Michael Sauer
5. D Dylan McIlrath
6. D Ryan McDonagh
7. LW Evgeny Grachev
8. RW Christian Thomas
9. LW Carl Hagelin
10. C Ethan Werek
SECOND TIER PROSPECTS
11. D Pavel Valentenko
12. LW Roman Horak
13. RW Jesper Fasth
14. D Tomas Kundratek
15. LW Ryan Bourque
Ryan Bourque
Left Wing
Born Jan 3 1991 -- Topsfield, MA
Height 5.09 -- Weight 164 -- Shoots L
"He's capable of scoring and capable of making a play, but he's also very capable of making sure the other team does not score. He's out there the last two minutes of the game if you are down a goal or if you're up a goal." - Gordie Clark
Gotta go with Weise. He's in the NHL and we are not even in the top-15 now. You can't tell me that we have more than 16 prospects who'll even sniff MSG ice. (If we do, we will win the Cup so many times, we'll get tired of it.)
went with Weise, add Kolarik if he is eligible.
Yogan's injuries are a ??? for me
Pashnin is promising I suppose but also a ??? what's up with the 0 points in 33 games?
went with Weise, add Kolarik if he is eligible.
Yogan's injuries are a ??? for me
Pashnin is promising I suppose but also a ??? what's up with the 0 points in 33 games?
Honestly I never understood the Pashnin "hype". He had one solid prospect camp, but that's about it. True he is playing in the KHL (but barely) but he doesn't seem to stand out, has average to below average size (5.11) and is nearly 22 years old. Of course you can't expect much from the remaining prospects on this list, but I don't see much potential in Pashnin.
"I used to pray for good things . I used to ask the Hockey Gods for puck luck for the NYR .
Now all I want is Torts the smug stupid goatee clown to be fired , . I hate Torts . Please hockey gods make him get fired. Please Sean punch him in face" -- Dorado
Yogan. This time last year he still had a shot at going in the first round.
Granted, he subsequently continued a lackluster draft year and fell to the fourth (and then got injured), but that points to sufficient potential that I'll still rank him above the guys who top out at third liners if they hit their absolute ceiling - no matter if they've already gotten some time on the big club.
Add Stajcer. He had a great run on a terrible team early in the year.
this is crazy, 16 prospects in and i feel like just now we're getting to a level where the prospects are questionable. all the above guys have at least a decent shot at making some noise in the nhl.
Honestly I never understood the Pashnin "hype". He had one solid prospect camp, but that's about it. True he is playing in the KHL (but barely) but he doesn't seem to stand out, has average to below average size (5.11) and is nearly 22 years old. Of course you can't expect much from the remaining prospects on this list, but I don't see much potential in Pashnin.
The only reason he's getting hype is that people don't understand the KHL draft.
He was drafted #1 overall. However, their entry draft is like our waiver draft.
The junior system is tied to the KHL clubs. Each club gets to keep their top prospects, but have to expose some of their "expendable" prospects.
He was drafted #1 overall among these prospects that even KHL teams see as expendable.
Yeah, I went there. The kid has a talent that is very easy to transition to the pros. He beats the **** out of people.
McNasty is not a bad choice. I wonder if he can switch to defense. He might be more valuable there. The kid takes stupid penalties, but he can run over you like a train.
Sure Weise is in the NHL already, but he's like the second coming of Jason Ward. You can pad your roster with those kind of guys any off season. I value Yogan's upside much more.
